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One of the primary and captivating differences between the initial Joy Division version of ‘Ceremony’ and New Order’s take are the lyrics. Curtis’s original lyrics were never written down and no full-proof copy of the lyrics is actually exists.
The original lyrics remain a mystery to this day and t...
[Verse 1]
This is why it’s so unnerving
Then again the same old story
This is why the wheels are turning
Turn away and turn again, this time
This is not the same old story
Not again, but we will be here
Travel fast and now I’m stopping
Turn again and turn towards this time
[Verse 2]
I’ll break them all, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it’s got to get closer
Watching her, these things she said
The times she cried
Too frail to wake this time
[Verse 3]
I’ll break them all, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it’s got to get closer
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Watching forever, watching forever
Everything, let it be so
For everything, let it be so
Everything, let it be so
Ceremony (Live at Birmingham University, Birmingham, 2nd May 1980) was written by Stephen Morris & Bernard Sumner & Peter Hook & Ian Curtis.
Ceremony (Live at Birmingham University, Birmingham, 2nd May 1980) was produced by Martin Hannett.
Joy Division released Ceremony (Live at Birmingham University, Birmingham, 2nd May 1980) on Thu Oct 08 1981.